Etymology

purga

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Today it means: A fine blizzard of snow in Russia. Full definition →

Russian пурга́ (purgá) ← Proto-Finnic *purku
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  1. Proto-Finnic*purku
  2. Russianпурга́ (purgá)
  3. English todaypurga

From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.